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Precision medicine: huge promise, high hurdles
At the HIMSS19 Precision Medicine Summit, John Halamka and other healthcare leaders described how policy, technology, clinical processes and patient engagement need to evolve to make it a reality for primary care.
John Halamka speaks at the HIMSS19 Precision Medicine Summit in Orlando on Monday.
ORLANDO – Dr. John Halamka, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, traveled 400,000 miles in 2018 – jetting all over the world, from China to India to Scotland to Scandinavia.
On those journeys, he's seen how care is delivered in very different ways. In China, for instance (he's been there 35 times), there is no primary care. Patients can self-select any provider for any ailment, leading to a scattered lifetime record across diverse provider sites.
In India, where active tuberculosis is widespread, access to care is much more difficult, and treatments are often mismatched to illness.
"This is not precision medicine," said Halamka, speaking Monday at the HIMSS19 Precision Medicine Summit.
What is precision medicine? It's not just genomics. It's more than just social determinants of health (although those do play a much bigger role than many realize). At its core, he said, precision med is "the right care in the right setting from the right provider at the right time."
That's a easier said than done, of course. There are big differences between diagnosis and treatment, and so much depends on demographics, genetics and other biomarkers, geography, climate and more.
Data – structured, complete, well-governed and easy to see – will be key to precision medicine becoming more widespread, Halamka said: "On the precision medicine journey, having the data accessible is going to be hugely important."
That's why Scotland, for instance, which has set up a single database for most of its 5 million-plus people, may be in a better position than, say, Australia, whose health record modernization was at first planned to be centered around PDFs and fax machines, said Halamka -- until he raised the alarm about the need for discrete and well-groomed data that can be mined by AI-powered analytics.
The good news? "In 2019 tools are finally good enough to help us realize the promise of precision medicine," Halamka said. The challenge? There's also a lot of "interesting politics and policy issues that are part of our precision medicine journey. It's not just technology."
But there are some urgent imperatives that will force those issues to sort themselves out soon, such as aging societies all over the world, falling birth rates, clinician shortages and, of course, wildly unsustainable healthcare costs, he said. In the U.S., we spend more than 18 percent of our GDP on "very imprecise care," Halamka added.
That's got to change, of course, and has been slowly. The pace will quicken in the years ahead, with a profusion of emerging tech, he said. The internet of things and connected health devices are exploding; AI and machine learning are going mainstream; apps and cloud hosted services are ubiquitous; application programming interfaces are "increasing in number and sophistication," he explained.
But more needs to happen to help harness those new technologies for this larger purpose on a wider scale: "Precision medicine means that we need to deliver in the context of workflow decision support to the clinician to do the right thing at the right time," said Halamka. "None of this happens without a policy driver."
He listed some of the policy changes that could help achieve that – notably, ONC's long-awaited information blocking rule, which was being released at HIMSS19 as he spoke. Other policies, such as CMS' rules meant to reduce clinician burden and various other governmental nudges to encourage third-party innovation, will only help move the needle.
But in the meantime, the challenges persist, said Halamka, whether related to data provenance and quality or security and privacy concerns.
A subsequent panel discussion at the Precision Medicine Summit drove that point home.
The promise and potential are all there, but "it's still in this very squishy phase right now," said Dr. Adam Dicker, professor and chair of radiation oncology at Jefferson Institute For Digital Health.
"We're not ready for prime time," agreed Jean Wright, chief innovation officer at Atrium Health.
Part of that has a lot to do with technology – at least as the infrastructure exists today.
"Epic and Cerner are not at the leading edge of this," said Wright. There's plenty of valuable, envelope-pushing tools developed by some very creative smaller vendors, but "much of the technology is out there, but not in a plug-and-play format."
That too is fast-evolving, however, as APIs proliferate – many of them mandated by ONC – and patients get more comfortable using apps and devices that can then easily integrate with electronic health records.
That's creating a wellspring of genomic and social determinant information. And while interoperability and decision support still need to catch up, the data is there, more every day, and ready to be integrated into clinical workflows for personalized care.
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Republican Garbarino wins election to replace retiring Rep. Pete King
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Republican Andrew Garbarino is projected to have defeated Democrat Jackie Gordon to fill the seat of retiring Rep. Pete King Peter (Pete) KingTop GOP lawmakers call for Swalwell to be removed from Intelligence Committee Republican Garbarino wins election to replace retiring Rep. Pete King Katko announces bid to serve as top Republican on Homeland Security panel MORE (R-N.Y.).
The Associated Press called the race at 11:41 a.m. EST, more than a month after Election Day.
Garbarino's win means Republicans will maintain control of New York's 2nd Congressional District, which King has served since 1993.
The longtime congressman announced last year he would not seek reelection.
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By Thomas Sellers Jr. The Millington Lady Trojans finally got on their home field at Miles Park last Tuesday taking on rival Bolton. And the match up against the Lady Wildcats was also the Lady Trojans' first District 14-3A contest of the season. Things started off well for Millington only trailing 1-0 after one inning….


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The original Center for Slavic and East European Studies was founded at Berkeley in 1957. In 1988, the Slavic Center became part of International and Area Studies (IAS). The Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES) was established in August 2000 and is the administering unit of the Berkeley Program in Eurasian and East European Studies (BPS), the Program in Armenian Studies, the Hertelendy Graduate Fellowship in Hungarian Studies, and the Peter N. Kujachich Endowment in Serbian and Montenegrin Studies.
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The BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries have seen significant growth over the last decade since the group of countries were defined as emerging markets in 2001. But a new group of emerging markets collectively known as the MINTs (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey) are about to take over as the global investment hubs for the manufacturing sector.
Brazil is currently experiencing significant growth in its manufacturing industry thanks in part to high import taxation laws imposed by the government. These laws were introduced to try and encourage companies to manufacture goods in Brazil rather than import them into the country. The government policy of high import taxes has worked, especially as far as the automotive industry is concerned and the high tech industry is growing quickly as well. In fact I would argue that next to China, Brazil is seeing more inward investment, from a manufacturing investment point of view, than many other countries at the moment. Whether it is to take advantage of a growing economy or leverage the country as a stepping stone into the North American market, you cannot deny that Brazil is on a roll at the moment.
Russia has also seen significant growth over the past decade, thanks in part to a reduction in government imposed restrictions and red tape. Traditionally many companies have chosen markets other than Russia to invest in but those that have taken the plunge and invested in Russia have seen huge growth in their own market share. The automotive industry is a prime example, many Russian car plants look as though they have just come out of the stone age due to tight government control and lack of investment, but St Petersburg Port has become an unlikely investment hub for the global automotive industry. Renault-Nissan made a significant investment in the government controlled automotive manufacturer Avtovaz, which has resulted in the alliance controlling a significant market share. Like a Phoenix, the whole automotive industry in Russia is now rising from the ashes and it is just a matter of time before millions of consumers start to spend their money on new cars.
Moving across to India, the country is still seeing significant growth in its economy, thanks in part to a decade of setting up one of the world's largest markets for outsourcing companies to invest in and it has become the offshoring destination of choice for many companies around the world. Consumer wealth in India is growing significantly and many consumers are making the switch from two and three wheeled vehicles to cars. India's manufacturing industry has grown around its ability to produce high quality goods from a relatively low cost but highly skilled workforce. Most goods manufactured in India are for export but increased consumer wealth is likely to slow down the rate of export as manufactured goods are sold into the domestic market instead. So some interesting dynamics at play here which has helped companies such as Tata invest in overseas luxury brands such as Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). In fact in 2013 JLR sold more cars than any previous year thanks in part to the significant investment from Tata who has a strong belief in the future of the luxury brand.
Ten years on and China is still referred as an emerging market by some analysts but out of the four countries China has seen the largest growth in its economy when compared to the other three countries. As consumer wealth has grown in the country, so has the consumer desire for luxury goods such as cars. In fact China is the largest car market in the world and it continues to grow. Strict government laws, namely establishing joint manufacturing ventures, around how western companies can establish a presence in the country, has helped its own domestic manufacturing industry to flourish. However times are changing in China as the government tries desperately to spread the wealth across the country rather than have it all focused along the East Coast. Large tax based incentives are now seeing more western investment in central and western China and this trend is likely to grow over the next ten years. Today, companies are finding they have a choice, either to put up with the increasing wage rises in Eastern China or move their operations to lower cost regions of the country. In some cases companies, even Chinese ones, are looking at other emerging markets around the world to invest in.
Increased wage costs, labour strikes and a desire to exploit other growing markets has led to the emergence of a new wave of emerging economies, thirteen years after the BRICs were defined. Hold on tight, the second wave of emerging markets is vying for inward investment, say hello to the MINT countries! This new acronym refers to Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey and was coined by Jim O'Neill, the former chief economist and head of asset management at Goldman Sachs. Interestingly Jim was also credited with introducing the BRIC term back in 2001, so you could say he has expertise in identifying key growth economies around the world. So let me now explore why these countries are likely to take over from the BRICs as the economic growth engine of the world.
One of the common things that three of the MINT countries share is that they all have geographical positions that should be an advantage as patterns of world trade change. For example, Mexico is next door to the US and also Latin America. Indonesia is in the heart of South East Asia but also has strong connections with China. The BRIC countries have certainly helped boost the profits of many logistics providers around the World as they ship manufactured goods from China and India to all corners of the world. Given that the MINT countries are geographically better positioned next to key economies then I would expect the dynamics of the logistics industry to change given the shorter distances that goods will have to be shipped to reach their point of distribution or sale. As for Turkey it can be regarded as being in both the West and East however Nigeria is the odd one out here as it is located in a part fo the World that has traditionally seen little development, at least by Western standards but it could be a key country once other countries stop fighting with each other and trade finally opens up across the Continent. Given that Nigeria has been included in the MINT definition it could lead to the country being accepted as a member of the G20 as the other three countries are already members.
Economically three MINT countries, Mexico, Indonesia and Nigeria are commodity producers and only Turkey isn't. This contrasts with the BRICs where two, Brazil and Russia are commodity producers and the other two countries aren't. In terms of wealth, Mexico and Turkey are at about the same level $10,000 per head, this compares with $3,500 per head in Indonesia and $1,500 per head in Nigeria which is roughly the same as India. They are slightly behind Russia at $14,000 per head and Brazil on $11,300 but still a bit ahead of China on $6,000. As part of the research for this blog I found a great set of infographics which dives deeper into each of the MINT countries, click here for the article.
From an infrastructure point of view, these countries have some significant catching up to do, especially in Indonesia and Nigeria. Jim O'Neill recently completed a trip to each of the MINT countries on behalf of the BBC and he found out some amazing facts. One of the most interesting was that about 170million people in Nigeria share the same amount of power that is used by about 1.5million people in the UK. Almost every business has to generate its own power. So this begs the question, how has Nigeria grown at a rate of 7% with literally zero power! If Nigeria is able to sort out its utilities infrastructure then it is estimated that Nigeria could grow at 10-12% per year and become a key economic hub for the African continent.
Indonesia faces both political and infrastructure challenges and Turkey has its politics and a desire to do things the Western way which when combined with the Muslim faith in the country is certainly a challenge but they are determined to see their economies grow over the next decade. It is no surprise that Turkish Airlines is currently the fastest growing airline in the world.
From a manufacturing point of view, Mexico is grabbing most of the MINT related headlines in terms of levels of manufacturing inward investment. Over the past two years it has established itself as a key automotive manufacturing hub, thanks in part to its relative proximity to the huge North American market and significantly reduced labour rates. Nissan, Daimler and VW have all announced multi-billion dollar investments in new production plants in the country. Indonesia is seeing significant investment from both Western and Chinese companies looking to get out of the increasingly more expensive Chinese labour market. Just as Mexico stands to become a leading automotive hub, then it is possible that Indonesia could become a leading high-tech investment hub over the next decade. High Tech goods have been manufactured in Indonesia for many years but I would expect exponential growth to now continue given that the country has now been identified as a significant growth economy.
From a B2B perspective it has been interesting to watch how technology has been adopted across the BRIC countries in recent years as it provides clues on B2B adoption levels across the MINT countries. Out of all the BRIC countries and from a communications point of view, China has placed a lot of emphasis on improving its legacy telecommunications and network infrastructure. It has also been keen to develop its own XML based message standards due to the increasing importance placed on internet based trade around the world. However what has actually happened over time is that Western companies entering the Chinese market have brought in their Western ways of working and this includes their best practices for deploying B2B, ERP and other IT infrastructures that are key to operating a business today. Also, China has huge global expansion plans and if they are to establish further operations in North America and Europe they will have to adopt Western B2B message and communications standards such as EDIFACT and AS2. For this reason I believe that EDI messaging is here to stay and in fact the growing success of the emerging markets and their global expansion plans could lead to a growth in EDI traffic around the world. Who thought that would happen back in 2000 when XML was touted as the replacement for EDI messaging!
Since the BRICs were identified as growth economies in 2001, technology has moved on very quickly and I think we will see the MINT countries move straight to new telecommunications infrastructures such as mobile networks. After all reliable, fixed line internet connectivity is not widely available in many of the MINT countries. Given that it is far quicker to install a mobile network when compared to a fixed line telecommunications infrastructure then I would expect mobile commerce or M-Commerce to grow faster in the MINT countries than the BRIC countries over the next few years. Here is a great SlideShare presentation that I found highlighting how a local telco provider, Vodacom, plans to support the mobile communications market in Nigeria, click here for more information. China will probably be implementing more mobile networks across the Western parts of its country but collectively I think mobile network adoption will be faster across the MINTs.
If companies are able to get access to reliable mobile and utilities infrastructures then we will see levels of B2B adoption increase quickly as the MINTs look to utilise more cloud based B2B integration services. Given the relatively low IT skills that exist in some MINT countries, a cloud based approach to rolling out B2B infrastructures will help these countries grow their economies far more quickly than the BRICs were able to achieve in their early days on the world stage.
International expansion is an area that I have covered in numerous blog posts over the past few years, but this particular one encapsulates most of the areas that companies have to be aware of when entering a new market for the first time. I have discussed Mexico extensively in an earlier blog post and future blog posts I will cover the other three MINT countries in more detail. So in summary, an interesting time for Western companies, should they invest in BRICs or MINTs ?, as I have a sweet tooth I think I know where my money would go!


The man was out of control. One finger pointing at Sir John and a body shaking, eyes fire red he was screaming, "you! You, you, you!" The rest of us just stood there looking at him.
The man stopped saying, "you, you, you" and like all life suddenly left his body he sat in the chair behind him. Bennett and I moved into the room. The air was thick from heavy smoking but for the rest it looked clean and well cared. Obviously this was not a backstreet hotel and Mr Okoye was not a disorderly individual. On the contrary everything looked well-kept and carefully set, including a pack of papers on top of the small desk.
"You do understand that you don't make much sense, don't you?" Said Chief Inspector Bennett in his most authoritarian voice. The man didn't say anything.
"Shall we start from the beginning?" said Sir John.
"What artefact?" I tried to be innocent just to make him admit it.
"The cylinder of course!" the man looked at us not understanding the question.
"The old curse you mean?" Bennett could not hold himself and to our surprise Mr Okoye smiled.
I don't know who was more shocked of us with the casual way Mr Okoye said it. It was probably me, it always me. "But…" I managed to say.
"But, gentlemen, we don't live in the dark ages anymore, don't we? And I'm a scientist." That was too much for me. I swallowed hard and returned to my seat.
"If you just let me explain, you just never know, we might in the end find a solution in all this mess." Mr Okoye said.
His story was actually very simple. His government had decided to build a museum and honour their history. Mr Okoye was the main curator and he started a hunt all around the world looking for artefacts lost during the first colonial years and the slavery. And of course the cylinders were topping the list. Finding the first two proved to be an easy task for Mr Okoye but the third always remained a mystery. Then Frank appeared out of the blue reinsuring everybody that with the right amount of money he could lead them to the third cylinder. And this is where their adventure, and especially Mr Okoye's adventures started.
Frank had told them that he knew who had stolen the cylinder from the cave it was kept, that he knew the man but that he was an evil character, difficult to reach and with no understanding in anything further his personal interests. At that point Sir John move a bit and swallowed hard. Frank returned home but time was moving, no artefact was coming back and more and more money were send to him. In the end the minister and the director of the museum got tired and send Mr Okoye to observe personally what was going on and why all the delays.
This was the part where I suddenly entered the play. Frank told Mr Okoye that it was I who had all the influence to Sir John and if they wanted to get it back they had to reach to me and for that they needed another conspirator, a neighbour of mine who supposedly knew me too well.
"The pastor," we said all three of us the same time! The pastor!


Most states and territories in Australia offer concessions and incentives for first home buyers. There has been a change in the type of properties for which grants are available. Grants used to be available for both existing and new homes; however, now most states and territories are ceasing to offer grants for existing homes. Grants and incentives for first home buyers purchasing new or substantially renovated homes are now the trend as a move to help the construction industry.
While New South Wales was one of the first states to offer incentives for the purchase of new homes, most states and territories have, or are in the process, of following NSW's lead.
As of 1 October 2012 the First Home Owner Grant of $7,000.00 was replaced by the First Home Owner Grant (New Homes) Scheme of $15,000.00. This new scheme provides a grant of $15,000.00 for first home owners who purchase or build a new home. There is no grant for purchases of existing homes.
The amount of the First Home Owner (New Homes) Scheme will reduce from $15,000.00 to $10,000.00 on 1 January 2016.
As of 1 September 2013 the First Home Owners Grant of $12,500.00 came into effect for new or substantially renovated homes. This coincided with the first home buyer grant of $7,000.00 ceasing on 31 August 2013 for ACT first home buyers purchasing existing homes.
A property purchased "off the plan".
Another change to the ACT First Home Owners Grant is that the residency requirement has been increased from 6 to 12 months, commencing within 12 months of completion of the purchase.
The Home Buyer Concession Scheme provides assistance to persons in purchasing a new residential home or residential vacant land by charging duty at a concessional rate. The concession ceased for the purchase of an established property as of 1 September 2012. To apply for a concession the purchaser must meet the total gross income threshold, which as of 5 June 2013 is $160,000.00. The total gross income is the combined total gross income of all applicants and their partners over a twelve month period prior to the transfer. If there are dependent children the threshold is raised, according to the number of dependent children.
The rate of concession differs based on the value of the property or block of land.
The $7,000.00 first home owners grant which was available to purchasers of an existing home ceased to apply as of 11 October 2012.
The current scheme in QLD is the Great Start Grant. This grant provides $15,000.00 to first home owners who purchase or a new house, unit, townhouse or build off the plan, valued at $750,000.00 or less. The definition of a new home under this scheme incorporates a home that has been substantially renovated.
The rates of concession differ depending on the purchase price of the property or vacant land.
In line with the other states and territories, there is no grant currently available to first home buyers of established homes in Victoria.
While there are stamp duty concessions offered to first home buyers, as of 1 July 2013 no concession is offered to first home buyers of an established home. To be eligible for the stamp duty concession you must reside in the property as your principal place of residence for a minimum continuous period of twelve months.


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Waddle exclusive: Newcastle will buy superstars; owners want title glory
by Chris Beattie 2022-11-30 23:17:44.000000
Geordie great Chris Waddle expects Newcastle United to soon be shopping at the top shelf.
With their Saudi backers well and truly settled, Newcastle are yet to unleash the full potential of their spending power. Though as Waddle, who first made his name with the Magpies, points out, the Toon have still been among the biggest spenders in the Premier League in 2022.
The former Tottenham and Olympique Marseille star expects management to soon be switching their sights to another class of player as they build a team capable of winning the game's biggest trophies.
Speaking to Tribalfootball.com on behalf of FreeSuperTips, Waddle declared: "They're the biggest spenders in the last year or so if you think about it.
"Manchester City have bought players, but they've sold some as well to make up that money.
"Newcastle have thrown a bit of money at it and bought in quite a few players like (Alexander) Isak.
"(Sven) Botman wasn't a cheap signing, so there's a lot of players who they brought in for not the smallest fees, but they've all done very well.
"That has got to be the goal for Newcastle United, to be up there with the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool."
To challenge the established for titles, Waddle expects some exciting names to soon be walking through the gates at St James' Park.
He continued: "Everyone keeps talking about the money the owners have and the ambition of the club has got to be that they want to challenge these teams.
"They should want to win a Premier League, an FA Cup, League Cup and even the Champions League.
"That has got to be the goal, it's pointless coming in as one of the richest clubs in the world and accepting 4th every season. "There's no sense in it, their goal is to strive to get better and better and become a team where everybody reckons, they have a chance in these competitions.
"They've got to start winning silverware at some point, it might be a bit early right now but with the way they're going that process could speed up.
"Next season you've got to say they've got to be top four and challenging for trophies."
Chris Beattie


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Wales were comprehensively beaten by a Springbok team which was below-par in many aspects of its play.
I don't think I have seen the guys in the green jersey make so many unforced errors and that has to be taken into account for when they meet Warren Gatland's team in the second Test next week.
But Welsh supporters were given a lift and would have been impressed with the way the boys came back in the second half.
Substitutes Gareth Davies, Matthew Morgan and James Hook all came on and did well, bringing something a bit different to those they had replaced: Mike Phillips, Liam Williams and Dan Biggar.
Frankly, I think Warren Gatland must seriously consider making changes for next week's second Test.
And there's no doubt in my mind Phillips must be one of those whose position has to be under real scrutiny.
Mike has been a valuable servant over the years but he has become very standard, very pedestrianised and is now offering nothing whatsoever.
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The writing has been on the wall for some time, with his form for Wales and failure to become a first-choice player at Racing Metro.
The moment Davies came on Wales became a more potent attacking force. The Springboks weren't probably at full throttle and were perhaps coasting a bit but there's no doubt the bouncy nature of the Scarlets No.9 came to the fore.
His lightning break around the tail of a line-out nearly set up what would have been a classic counter-attacking try for Dan Biggar.
But Dan didn't quite have the legs and was hauled down. Gareth had over-ran him so Dan's return pass was forward. It was a shame because Wales deserved a try for the manner in which they knuckled down following the changes made by coach Gatland.
Runs like that were once Mike's forte but they just haven't happened for a number of years. Other players react to moments like that but he hasn't been producing them.
I have always said James Hook, along with Gavin Henson, is probably the most natural and gifted Welsh player of this century.
Hook showed what he can do with his feel and touch for the game. When you've got guys like 'Hooky', Davies and Morgan on the field you ask questions of the opposition and generate a buzz of excitement among the Wales team and Welsh supporters in the crowd.
You could sense it in that final 25 minutes and it was to the side's immense credit it came back well in the second half having been, in boxing parlance, down and out in the first half.
They were behind 28-9 after conceding four tries during a torrid first half, two of them occurring while Jamie Roberts was in the sin-bin for a mistimed challenge on impressive South Africa full-back Willie le Roux.
Wales only lost the second half 10-7 so that will give them hope for next weekend's rematch.
Probably every Welsh supporter had been extremely concerned at the interval what was going to happen but, fair play, the scoreboard stopped ticking over for the Springboks as Wales became more competitive.
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It was a testament to the belief and pride of the players that they put in huge shifts with their tackling, covering and determination to be competitive, from Gethin Jenkins in the front-row to Toby Faletau and Aaron Shingler in the back-row.
But, at the end of the day, it's a fact this is what you get when you are playing the top teams in the world, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia.
To my mind, England are now included in that group. You always end up playing hang-on-in-there or catch-up rugby against the southern hemisphere giants.
Those teams have natural pace and power, and the tempo they operate at is so quick.
South Africa weren't at their best on this occasion and you can bet your last penny they will up their game for the final rubber of the two-match series.
Wales must react and up their performance levels, and cut out the errors which were so costly because they know what to expect.
I believe, if Gatland has the courage to break up the nature of the game Wales play and put a little bit of devilment into his thinking, we will be closer to the Springboks next week.
He certainly must consider picking the likes of Davies, Hook and Morgan because it is the way forward with his team too pedestrian and regimented. It definitely hasn't been playing the Welsh way.
South Africa 38 Wales 16: The Springboks ran out convincing winners after ruthless first half display
There's a need for a bit of excitement and ambition and those boys can provide it.
Alex Cuthbert showed what Wales can do with his wonder try. It had us all off our seats and proved, given the opportunity, we have world-class finishers in Alex and George North.
The problem is getting the ball and giving them a start on the opposition. Those guys can deliver, with Cuthbert's being one of the best tries Wales have scored against serious opposition in a long time.
South Africa will again be favourites next week – hey, we've only beaten them once in history and never on Springbok soil – but Gatland's charges have some fight in them.
They proved to everybody else and, more importantly, to themselves they can compete if they cut down on the errors.
If they do the basics properly, the scrum, secure possession at the line-out and go through the phases, they will not be overwhelmed by the opposition.
It's up to them to give it everything and try to find a way to cope with South Africa because, at the moment, the gulf between being sixth in the International Rugby Board's world rankings, which we were going into the clash, and second is pretty obvious for all to see.
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Sally Lunn
A plain, light tea-cake, which is split, toasted, buttered, and served usually with jam. Named after a late-eighteenth century street vendor in Bath. If you want the recipe, see Applegate's mouth-watering opus (9). Papa (232) reports that close cousins of Sally Lunns are sold in New Orleans, where they are known as pain à la vielle tante.
The Sorcerer, Act I: 1406
Brindisi [Tea-cup brindisi]
Pronunciation: BRINN-dee-zee
A toast, from the Italian word for the same. Every Italian opera had to have its drinking song –– but none, we vouch, with tea. Perhaps the most rousing brindisi of all is the one in Verdi's La Traviata, first produced in 1853. Rees (254) reports that Verdi's opera was on the boards in London at the time The Sorcerer was produced, so it was surely well known to many in the Savoy audiences. See also The Grand Duke.
I will go bail for the liquor
Read: I will guarantee the quality of the tea. See also Princess Ida, The Mikado, and Utopia, Limited.
Jorum [At brewing a jorum of tea]
A jorum is generally taken to mean a large punch bowl or at least a large portion of liquor (66). "A jorum of tea" is a typical Gilbertian twist, an oxymoron. The roots of jorum are uncertain but it may derive from the Biblical Jeroboam, "a mighty man of valour … who made Israel to sin" (54). This led somehow to jeroboam, meaning a large bowl, or goblet, or wine bottle. Those of you who take your drinking seriously can probably work thish into a convershayshun.
Caddy [tea-pot, kettle, caddy, and cosy]
A caddy is a box, often ornamental, containing canisters of tea. Stedman (273) explains that caddies were generally kept locked so that only the mistress of the household had access to the precious leaves. Bosdêt (43) says the word is derived from kati a Malaysian unit of weight somewhat over a pound. The term came to be applied to the special airtight tin boxes sized to hold that amount of tea, which were used to ship the leaves to England.
A cloth jacket for keeping a teapot warm. Often called a tea cosy.
Plot [Toil, sorrow, and plot]
Conspiracy.
Three spoons to the pot
The normal allotment of tea is one spoonful per person to be served, "plus one spoon to the pot." A generous allotment would allow two spoons to the pot. Dr. Daly, however, tends to get carried away; he tosses in three spoonfuls. This is really living! (And it's someone else's tea.)
An addition to a material reducing its purity.
Tillage [Peace-bearing tillage]
The normal meaning has to do with cultivation of the land. We can interpret it as the figurative land that is ploughed, i.e., tilled (276), to produce a harvest of love.
Garner [Great garner of bliss]
A storehouse.
Dark lantern
A lantern with a sliding shutter for confining the emission of light. The burglar's trademark. The term also appears in The Pirates of Penzance.
Manifest [manifest its power]
To reveal, to make plain.
Meet [I did not think it meet]
Pedigree [A dame of lengthy pedigree]
Line of ancestors.
K.C.B.
Knight Commander of the Bath: an order of chivalry. Bathing is thought to have been part of a purification ritual introduced in the eleventh century (225). Bradley (47) notes that this is but one of three classes within the Order of the Bath, this being the middle one. Ranking above it is the Grand Cross of the Bath (G.C.B.), and below it the Companion of the Bath (C.B.). [See entries for the same term in HMS Pinafore and Utopia, Limited.]
Doctor of Divinity
A person who has received the highest educational degree in theology. See also The Pirates of Penzance.
Q.C. [And that respectable Q.C.]
The initials stand for Queen's Counsel: "a barrister of seniority and experience who has been granted this title in recognition of eminence in the law. The colloquial phrase of becoming a Q.C. is 'to take the silk,' because a barrister who is a Q.C. wears a silk gown, whereas other barristers wear a 'stuff' gown" (244). On their appointment they are called "within the bar" and thereafter sit on the front row of the court, which is separated from other advocate rows by a wooden bar in the older courts (142). When a queen is replaced by a king, all those Q.C.'s become K.C.'s (257).
Shepherd (263) notes that in this opera the Q.C. title apparently belongs to the notary, which seems strange because notaries are of a separate profession. Donkin (257) explains that some barristers are also notaries, and even one who was a Q.C. would be honored to officiate at a betrothal ceremony uniting the parish's two foremost families. Burgess (60) hypothesizes that Mr Wells is using the term ironically.
Al-fresco-ly [All fast asleep, al-fresco-ly]
Outdoors. Al fresco is Italian for "in the cool."
Approval.
Where be oi, and what be oi a doin'
Bradley (48) states that these accents imply that Ploverleigh is located in the western part of England, probably in Dorset (a.k.a. Dorsetshire) not far from the Devon border. (See map.) On the other hand, Joseph (166) thinks those accents more indicative of Somerset (just north of Dorset). He points out, too, that Wellington and Wells are two small towns in Somerset. Walters (302) would settle for "Mummerset," a term for an unspecified western region.
Guineas [I've guineas not a few for you]
A monetary unit equal to £1.05 (i.e., one pound, one shilling). In this case read: I've plenty of money for you. The coin was last issued in 1813, but the term remained in general use long thereafter. It took its name from the African country that was its source of gold. See also Patience and Princess Ida.
Nectar [My cup is not of nectar]
In Greek mythology, the drink of the gods.
Rector [Our kind and reverend rector]
A Church of England clergyman in charge of ecclesiastical affairs of a parish. Constance may be using the term loosely as a favor to Gilbert who wanted a rhyme for nectar. Dr. Daly is clearly the Vicar of Ploverleigh. A Rector holds the equivalent position and authority, but there is a significant difference in the way their incomes are handled (75). Walters (302) says the terms are interchangeable in today's common parlance.
Snuffy [He's dry and snuffy]
This may mean soiled with grains of snuff or (colloquially) irritable and cross (75). It may also mean tipsy (115). In the context I should vote for the first interpretation. If he is dry can he also be tipsy? In the next line he is called ill-tempered, so irritable and cross would be wasted.
Blind young boy
The context clearly implies Cupid (Eros), who is referred to by Shakespeare as "This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy," "The blind bow-boy," and "Her [i.e., Venus's] purblind son and heir, Young Adam Cupid" (82). Shakespeare is also quoted as saying, "Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."
Vaunted [thy vaunted love]
Boasted.
Solaced [not unlikely to be solaced]
Comforted and cheered.
Heverythink
West country language for "everything."
Estimable [your estimable father]
Worthy of admiration.


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MAGAZINE: Decarbonization
Decarbonizing the Data Industry
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Germany's data center sector is expanding like never before and simultaneously undergoing a quiet revolution in energy efficiency. International companies are helping make the physical act of processing information better for the environment.
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IN BRIEF: Hydrogen
Germany Leads Europe in Hydrogen Patents
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A long-term study by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the International Energy Agency covering 2011-2020 has found that Europe's largest economy also led the way in hydrogen patents on the continent.
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Germany Invests 200 Million in Health IT
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As part of the expansion phase of its Medicine Information Technology Initiative (MII), the German government will be putting some EUR 200 million into data-based health research. The funds will be allocated between now and 2026.
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Texas Instruments Plans Logistics Center in Frankfurt
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American tech giant Texas Instruments is going to construct a new production distribution facility in the western German city of Frankfurt am Main, home to Germany's biggest airport. The logistics center will supply the company's European customers with microchip and aims for one-day delivery. The facility will go into operation by the end of 2024.
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ADESA announced two additions to its national sales team.
Patrick Ming has joined the team as executive sales director, and Vince McNeal has rejoined the team as senior director of customer solutions.
Ming joined parent company KAR Auction Services Inc. through the acquisition of Openlane in 2011 and brings more than 20 years of experience in the automotive industry. Most recently, Ming served as director of online programs at ADESA, where he oversaw development of customer-tailored upstream auction platforms for several large private-label portfolios supported by Openlane.
McNeal began his ADESA career in 2005 at ADESA Lexington, serving as a dealer sales representative, before promotions to fleet lease manager and assistant general manager. He next served as executive sales director at ADESA for five years.


Historic Deerfield, Inc., Deerfield, Mass.
Fig. 1a: Detail of John Coney Tankard.
His words are illustrative of the many functions and importance of silver in early American life. The phrase "handsome cupboard of plate" also aptly describes the American silver collection at Historic Deerfield, the majority of which was purchased and assembled by the museum's founders Henry and Helen Flynt. Although their primary residence was located in Greenwich, Connecticut, the couple was drawn to the beauty and rich history of the Connecticut River Valley when in 1936 they enrolled their son in Deerfield Academy.
Gift of Captain & Mrs. Edgar Miller Williams (69.0126).
Fig. 2a: Monogram visible in the detail of the John Allen and John Edwards tablespoon.
Fig. 3: Cann, William Simpkins (1704–1780), Boston, Mass., ca. 1740.
Gift in Memory of Thomas W. Ashley and Doris H. Ashley, from the Ashley Family of Newton Square, Penn. (96.059.1).
What began for the Flynts as an effort to help a private school repair some dilapidated buildings, grew into a lifelong love affair with historic preservation, architecture, decorative arts, and furnishings. Ultimately the Flynts' interest in Deerfield culminated with the founding of a museum in 1952. Today, Historic Deerfield, comprising eleven historic house museums, is a living history museum dedicated to the heritage and preservation of Deerfield, Massachusetts, and the Connecticut River Valley.
With the guidance of curators Kathryn C. Buhler (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), and John Marshall Phillips (Yale University Art Gallery), the couple assembled a modest American silver collection in order to decorate their restored houses with sympathetic furnishings. The purchase of the Watson-Crichton Collection in 1954 was a watershed moment for the museum's silver collection. Victor Watson (1897–1974) was the son-in-law and partner of Lionel Crichton (d. 1938) of Crichton Brothers, dealers in antique silver. In addition to their shop in Old Bond Street, London, Crichton Brothers had operated retail shops in New York City and Chicago from the early teens to the mid-1930s. Lionel Crichton had acquired for his own enjoyment a large collection of American silver—which he once had placed on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The vast majority of the silver was from the eighteenth century, and hailed from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and Philadelphia (Fig. 1).2 In total, the Flynts acquired fifty-two pieces of hollowware and forty pieces of flatware from the Watson-Crichton Collection.
The Flynts continued to augment their collection with selective purchases from Stephen Ensko of New York, J. Herbert Gebelein of Boston, Mrs. G. E. P. How of London, Firestone and Parsons of Boston, and Bernard Levy of New York, building a collection that represented all of the major forms made in America, most of the important American silversmiths, and spanned geographical regions from Maine to South Carolina.
Stamped "SET" on the knife blades and "Co." on each knife and fork haft.
Silver, pitch, base metal: steel; wood, paper, base metal: brass; textile: red wool baize.
Box: 12¼ x 7⅛ x 4¾ inches.
Gift of the Nathan Hayward Family (2002.48).
Fig. 5: Tankard, Paul Revere II (1734–1818), Boston, Mass., 1764.
Silver. Overall: 8¾ x 4⅞ inches.
Fig. 7: Cann, by Daniel Henchman (1730–1775), Boston, Mass., ca. 1770. Engraved with Lynde coat of arms: three mallets in chief, crest, a griffin holding a mallet, and also later engraved, "John Odin, M. D. / from his Mother, / Obt. Oct. 14th 1847. Aged 71 Years." (Dr. John Odin's (1808–1864) great-grandfather was Judge Benjamin Lynde.) Silver. Overall: 5 x 5¼ x 3⅝ inches. Gift of Steve and Ann W. Lord (2012.17). Historic Deerfield, Inc., Deerfield, Mass. Photography by Penny Leveritt.
The culmination of Henry Flynt's research interests and collecting efforts was the publication in 1968 of The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver, with Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625–1825, co-authored with Martha Gandy Fales.3 Over the subsequent forty-five years since its publication, the Historic Deerfield silver collection has continued to grow and expand—especially in the area of New England silver—through gifts, bequests, and purchases.
The high cost of silver objects confined their ownership to a small portion of the colonial American population. While many households might contain one or more silver spoons or small items of silver jewelry, perhaps only five percent of the population owned significant amounts of hollowware. During the first century of settlement, individuals of high social status, such as New England ministers, although perhaps not of great wealth, owned silver in quantities disproportionate to their total estates.
Fig. 6: Bill of sale, by Paul Revere II (1734–1818), Boston, Mass., 1764. Gift of Mrs. William Howe (77.051). Historic Deerfield, Inc., Deerfield, Mass. Photography by Penny Leveritt.
The Bloody Massacre, Boston, Mass., 1770.
10-13⁄16 x 9⅜ inches. (0864).
Silver was among the few assets of status and refinement easily divided among heirs, generation after generation. Men usually exercised patronage since they legally owned a wife's belongings, but widows were sometimes in a position to dispense assets to younger family members. The descent of a cann made by William Simpkins (1704–1780) of Boston, circa 1735–1745, records its significance as a family asset and heirloom (Fig. 3). Engraved on the handle are the initials "M*C/ to/ M.C.W." below the grip. The initials are those of Mary Jackson Cook (b. 1689) and Mary Cook Williams (1752–1831). Mary Jackson Cook raised her nephew, Dr. Thomas Williams (1718–1775). Mary Cook Williams (known as Polly), Thomas's daughter, married Dr. Elihu Ashley (1750–1817), son of the Reverend Jonathan Ashley (1712–1780), in 1775. Elihu Ashley studied medicine with Dr. Thomas Williams, leaving to practice in Worthington, Massachusetts, in 1774; he returned to Deerfield when Thomas Williams died in 1775, taking over his office and practice. The home and the office of Dr. Thomas Williams, and the boyhood home of Elihu Ashley, still exist, and both are owned by Historic Deerfield, adding to the context of this cherished object.
Fig. 9: Tablespoon, made by Elijah Yeomans (1738–1794), Hadley or Petersham, Mass.; Hartford or Middletown, Conn., 1771–1794. Silver. Overall: 8 inches. Gift of Carl R. Kossack (1998.7.50). Historic Deerfield, Inc., Deerfield, Mass. Photography by Penny Leveritt.
In addition to New England-made silver, the museum owns examples imported from England, including a set of a dozen silver-handled forks and knives, made by Thomas Settle and Co., Sheffield, England, circa 1780–1790 (Fig. 4). This cutlery set, housed within its original faux shagreen box, was owned by the Dwight family of Springfield, Massachusetts, members of a group of leading magistrates, merchants, ministers, doctors, and military officers referred to as the "Mansion People." The seven interrelated families that comprised this group not only distinguished themselves by their economic prosperity, but also by their aloofness and concern with appearances. An extensive set of silver cutlery like this would have created an elaborate and sophisticated dining display worthy of their standing.
Recent acquisitions for the silver collection have focused on objects that illuminate the lives and patronage of local residents. In 1997, Historic Deerfield made a major acquisition, purchasing twelve pieces of church silver from the First Church of Deerfield. These forms attest to the Puritan practice of using domestic vessels in the communion service to express not only their general iconoclasm, but their specific view that communion was a commemorative meal, not a transformation of the wine and bread into the blood and body of Christ. One of the most noteworthy pieces in the group is a 1763 tankard made by Paul Revere II (1734–1818) of Boston. Its engraving reads: "The Gift of /Samuel Barnard Esqr./to the Church of Christ/in Deerfield/1763" (Fig. 5). Samuel Barnard was an active supporter of the First Church. In 1723, he gave funds for the church to purchase a silver beaker made by Samuel Edwards (1705–1762). The Paul Revere II tankard was created with funds he gave to the church at his death in 1762. In addition to this object, Historic Deerfield owns the original bill of sale for the piece (Fig. 6). The silver itself cost £10:12:8, while the "making" and "engraving" came to £3 3s. 4d.
Fig. 10: Spoon, made by Madeline Yale Wynne (1847–1918), Deerfield, Mass., 1890–1900. Silver. Overall: 5¾ x 1⅛ x 9⁄16 inches. Hall and Kate Peterson Fund for Minor Antiques (89.022). Historic Deerfield, Inc., Deerfield, Mass. Photography by Amanda Merullo.
A recent gift to the museum adds another example of the work of a prominent eighteenth-century Boston silversmith to the collection: a cann made by Daniel Henchman (1730–1775) of Boston for Benjamin Lynde Jr. (1700–1781) (Fig. 7). A justice of the Superior Court, Lynde served as one of four judges during the 1770 trials of Captain Thomas Preston and the other British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre (Fig. 8). Described as a political moderate, Lynde attempted without success to resign his position twice before the trials began. Silversmith Daniel Henchman apprenticed with Boston's most prominent craftsman, Jacob Hurd (1702–1758), and advantageously joined the Hurd family through marriage to Jacob's daughter Elizabeth. The cann is further ornamented with the Lynde family coat of arms, likely executed by brother-in-law Nathaniel Hurd (1729–1777). Designs for coats of arms were found in a variety of source books available in Boston, one of the most popular being John Guillim's Display of Heraldry (6th ed., 1724).
Despite the fact that people in the Connecticut River Valley often expressed a strong preference for silver objects made in Boston, silver production occurred in western New England. But such silversmiths could not sustain a living solely through producing silver objects, therefore many of them developed related skills to supplement their income, such as making watches, clocks, swords, jewelry, and surveying instruments. Elijah Yeomans (1738–1794) of Hadley, Massachusetts, and other locations, manufactured silver spoons (Fig. 9), but he also made and repaired clock works, which provided him with a steady income.
Henry N. Flynt Silver and Metalware Collection, Historic Deerfield, Inc., Deerfield, Mass. Photography by Penny Leveritt.
While colonial American silver forms the strength of the museum's collections, other eras are also represented. In the 1890s, women in the village of Deerfield seized upon the interest generated by the Arts and Crafts movement to market the traditional crafts of the region. One of the leaders in Deerfield's Arts and Crafts movement was Madeline Yale Wynne (1847–1918). As a young girl, Wynne learned metalworking techniques from her father, Linus Yale Jr., owner of the Yale Lock Company in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. In her artistic career, Wynne created handwork in metal, enamel, and jewelry, as well as painting, woodworking, and basketry. These diverse interests resulted in Wynne becoming an influential and organizing force in the founding of the Chicago Arts and Crafts Society in 1897, the Deerfield Society of Arts and Crafts in 1901, and the Society of Deerfield Industries in 1906. Wynne's silver spoon has a twisted handle, hammer marks on the oval bowl, and an irregularly finished, broad triangular-shaped handle tip (Fig. 10). Wynne submitted these forms of deliberately unrefined, heavily hammered, and sometimes enameled metalware and jewelry to the 1899 Chicago Arts and Crafts Society exhibition to considerable critical interest.
As Historic Deerfield nears the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver in 2018, plans are taking shape for an exciting year of demonstrations, workshops, lecture programs, and publications that will present new information and learning opportunities about silver in the museum's collection.
Historic Deerfield's silver is on display in the Henry N. Flynt Silver and Metalware Collection building (Fig. 11). The eleven historic houses and the Flynt Center of Early New England Life display collections of more than 25,000 decorative art objects made or used in America between 1650 and 1850. The museum is open to the public, five days a week, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm, April 13 through December 30, 2013. The silver collection is also available electronically through the museum's online database, museums.fivecolleges.edu/. Historic Deerfield welcomes research inquiries.
Amanda Lange is curatorial department chair and curator of historic interiors at Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, Massachusetts.
1. Letter from William Fitzhugh to Nicholas Hayward, June 1, 1688, "Letters of William Fitzhugh," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 2, no. 3 (January 1895), 271.
2. For more information about this acquisition, see Janine E. Skerry, "American Colonial Silver Found in England: The Watson-Crichton Collection at Historic Deerfield," The International Silver and Jewellery Fair and Seminar Catalogue (London, 1992), 23–30.
3. Although originally founded under the name The Heritage Foundation, in 1971 the institution became known as Historic Deerfield, Inc.
4. Gerald W. R. Ward and William N. Hosley, Jr., eds., The Great River: The Art and Society of the Connecticut River Valley, 1635–1820 (Hartford, CT: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1985), 279.


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Home ವಾರ್ತೆಗಳು Karavali Mangalore Corporation saddled with mounting dues
Mangalore Corporation saddled with mounting dues
Posted By: Allan DSouza, PaladkaPosted date: February 06, 2014 In: Karavali
Water bills adding up to over Rs. 9 crore are pending to be collected by the Mangalore City Corporation even as the civic body has announced that it in a few days will launch a special drive to collect the dues.
According to sources in the corporation, 356 cases have been listed in which each bill amount due was more than Rs. 50,000. The MCC has to collect Rs. 5.06 crore from those cases.
They said in addition, it has listed out 2,230 cases in which each bill amount due were more than Rs. 10,000. The corporation would have to collect more than Rs. 4 crore from them. But the officials are hopeful of collecting only Rs. 4 crore as the Corporation has, sources claimed, itself to blame for the remaining bills adding up to Rs. 5 crore.
For example, they said that Rs. 14.37 lakh was due from Rajkamal Circus that had pitched tent in the city more than one-and-half decade ago. It was noticed in 2003 that the bill was being generated against the circus company even after it left the city. By the time flaw was noticed, the bills added up to Rs. 14.37 lakh and shown as due. Only a part of the payment was actually owed by the company, it is said. MCC hardly knows the current address of the circus company. Many officials in the water bill section who were handling the files then have retired now.
Likewise records show that Rs. 4.48 lakh was due from exhibitions organised at Nehru Maidan even before Karavali Utsav started on exhibition grounds in Lalbagh after 1990s.
In another case a person named Purushottam owed Rs. 15 lakh near Ashraya Colony in Pachchanady. But sources said the person who owned land there had converted it into sites sold them and not in the locality. Those who have built houses in those sites are enjoying separate water connections.
There were many similar cases, they said adding that bills above Rs. 10,000 mainly belonged to individuals, apartments, and industries which could be collected.
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Fresh off of her dominating win at this past weekend's 2009 Atlantic City Pro show, Lisa Aukland joins Colette & Krissy to talk about her life as a bodybuilder, her profession, and how she plans on climbing the ranks at this year's Ms. Olympia!
Shawna Mendelson is a , who has won six national level contests. Ranked among the strongest women in the world, [B]Shawna will be trying her hand at bodybuilding at this weekends 2009 NPC Team Universe! Great genetics obviously run in her family, as her brother is none other than record setting powerlifter Scott Mendelson. Listen to her story, only on Muscle Girls Inc.!
Also joining Colette & Krissy is bodybuilder and close friend of Muscle Girls Inc., Gina Quinn, who's also tossing her hat into the Team U this weekend!
You won't want to miss a single minute of Muscle Girls Inc.
Lisa dominated this past weekend in a very difficult lineup of top notch female bodybuilders. I'm glad she made time to do the show.
Shawna Mendelson's lifts are incredible! Had a great chat with both her and Gina when they stopped by.
Good luck Shawna and Gina! See you ladies on Saturday!


Category branding is particularly dear to my heart because I have worked with several scientific and technology businesses that have been first to market with new products (which have effectively created a new category). As much as I love these clients, the fact is that they have been exceedingly difficult branding challenges because they have had to explain their product first and then explain why a customer should choose them as a supplier.
When big brands are the first to define a new category (like Gatorade with "Sports Drinks"), then technology startups suddenly think that they can easily copy the same strategy. Only large technology companies can get away with this because they can advertising to define the new category. Dyson "invented" the category of "bladeless fans" with a genuinely new product invention and supported the category definition with a lot of advertising. Unfortunately, that type of category creation takes a massive advertising spend. If you don't have a huge advertising budget, then you need a smarter strategy.
Dyson has created several new product categories but has had to spend significant amounts of money on PR and advertising to popularise them.
The first challenge with category branding is that the audience doesn't understand what you are trying to say. If your audience have never seen your category of product before, then they're not sure how it fits into their life. Let alone whether or not you are the right provider for them to be buying from.
You need to open successive file drawers in the audience's mental model of product categories. I approach the "file drawer of the mind" by thinking of how we can create sensible layers of communication with the audience. You need to be careful where you get pigeonholed.
Byron helped create the category of "gourmet burgers".
In the case of the Byron hamburger chain in London, it would have been tempting for Byron to position themselves against Burger King and MacDonald's. Instead, Byron have been very aggressive about deliberately creating an entirely new category of casual dining. To do this, they have had to understand the larger context in which they are positioned. Byron have invented and then positioned themselves in the category of "gourmet burgers". Byron have helped position the category of gourmet burgers inside the broader category of casual dining and "restaurants" (rather than the category of "fast food"). This position within a new category is very important for Byron. In fact, they have encouraged other companies to enter the category, with the idea that they are growing the size of the pie rather than fighting over who gets the largest slice.
There are always a few consumers who want to be the first among their friends to try a new product, but this is a surprisingly rare behaviour. Instead, most people (whether they admit it or not) are very risk averse. Ultimately, we are social creatures and tend to follow the herd.
When creating a new category, you want to do as much as possible to make the category appear safe. Part of this is to invent competitors, even if you think that you don't have any. I have lost track of the number of young startups with whom I have sat in an investor presentation who have said "We have no competition". This is an obvious, naive and embarrassing mistake. The fact is that (even if you have no competitors for your product), your audience still got up this morning and went about their business and lived their lives. You may not have any direct competitors, but there are always passable substitutes. Even if the substitute is to continue doing nothing.
For example, the new co-working cafe in London called Timberyard have positioned themselves against Starbucks, Nero and Costa (in the cafe category) and against Regus, TechHub, Central Working and Google Campus (in the co-working category). It would be tempting for Timberyard to bang their drum and assert that they have no competition and that they are the only co-working+cafe. It's more compelling, humble and persuasive for them to admit that their audience might use cafes or co-working spaces, but that Timberyard has an advantage because they offer both.
When doing an investor presentation and building your brand strategy, it's incredibly important to look for and understand your competitors, even if you think that you don't have any.
Being different is more useful than being unique. The traditional marketing concept of a Unique Selling Proposition (USP) is dead. Building a USP was relevant (and possible) back when marketers were selling soap powder in the 1950s because the functional attributes of the product might have been genuinely unique.
The USP concept was superseded by the Point Of Difference (POD), in the 1970s and 80s. Functional attributes became equalised across consumer products and emotional benefits became the selling point. Rather than looking for a USP, look for your POD. You only need to be faster, better or cheaper than the competition. You do not need to be the only company in a category to win.
I worked with a software client who had invented a genuinely new type of software. They were so excited about this new offering that they "branded the category" and asserted a trademark over the category name. They were afraid of the problem that Xerox has found in the photocopier category or Hoover have had in the vacuum cleaner category. (There is an archaic legal rule that if your brand name becomes synonymous with the industry description then you may lose some of your legal protection.) However, seeking to avoid this problem (by being overzealous about protecting the category terminology) can be fatal to your business. My client with the new software product was surprised and frustrated when their trademarked term wasn't adopted as the industry standard description for the category.
If you create a unique name for your new category and then assert that you have a trademark over that name, you can't be surprised when that description fails to be adopted as industry standard terminology. Instead, if you need to create a new category, you will need to popularise the term as broadly as possible.
When creating a new category, the best way of naming the category is to separate the category brand from your product brand and come up with a simple metaphor for the category. One way of achieving this is to look for the broader umbrella category in which your industry sits and then come up with a simple metaphor for how your sub-category is different. No category is an island.
Smartphones and Smart TVs are "smart" sub-categories of their respective product categories. Each time technology shifts, companies scramble to redefine their context. It's important to adjust your category positioning as the market changes. Kodak got left behind by not changing its category positioning as the market shifted. Microsoft has recently been sponsoring open-source events so that it can remain involved and aware of category changes and shifts in industry trends.
Microsoft has participated in non-profit and open-source projects to help stay involved with macro-category changes.
Common category terms such as "Web 2.0" or "Design Thinking" have been invented by groups of people with specific agendas. These terms were intended to be simple and descriptive so that they become a generic category descriptor. This has allowed those particular groups of people to have a first-mover advantage, while allowing fast-followers to have the safety of knowing that other companies are in the same category.
Try and aim for a category name that only has two words. While you may be engineering a category name in advance, the fact is that category names are a matter of convenience for consumers when discussing a company and making choices on a product.
The category name is likely to be the most simple, boring and practical way of describing your product. Avoid the temptation to come up with a catchy, quirky or unique category name as this is unlikely to become popular and the dominant descriptor.
Once you have invented a category name, do everything that you can to popularise it. You want to embed the category so deeply into the discussion that it is not directly associated with your company name. Google Glass will have its work cut out for it with inventing the category of "wearable technology". Google will need to manage PR both for and against the product as well as for and against the category itself. They are big enough to fight on multiple fronts. Would you be able to do the same?
A protest against your product category can generate good PR. The Stop The Cyborgs campaign ironically helps raise awareness of the product category in the first place.
If you want to popularise a new category name, it can be best to promote it without promoting your own brand name. You can host conferences and create a non-profit industry foundation (that uses the category name and is not associated directly with your company). This can be a powerful way of building your reputation without overselling yourself. Creating non-profit industry bodies, trade magazines, conferences and meetups are powerful ways of embedding your category in a customer's mind.
If you are starting a new technology business, I'd say avoid creating a new category and focus on winning new users by making your new features a competitive advantage within an existing category. Look for peers and competitors that can make you stronger by competing against them.
If your new category brand isn't adopted or you find yourself in a shrinking category then it's never too late to reposition yourself. By creating and sharing (but not owning) a new category, you can get a competitive advantage without alienating your customers. Forget being unique, just be better.
Cood Stuff – Google Glassess and inventing "wearable technology" is going to have issues. IBM patented wearable jewellery in the late 90's, including watches and glasses.
The art form of inventing a new product (and a new category for it to go in) is to engineer the word-of-mouth around what the category is called. Google may never have to use the term 'wearable technology' (if that's what users start referring to Glass as). If not, then users will refer to Glass as something else and Google will have to keep up with that category name instead. It's all about choosing your peer group.
Great observations here, and largely consistent with the timeless teachings of Al Ries and Jack Trout. Being the first in a category (as perceived in the minds of prospects) is the most powerful marketing strategy. And promoting the category in a manner that embraces successors in the category is the right approach.
I'm not sure that I agree the 'unique selling proposition' is dead, and whether being 'better' instead of different gets you very far. Perhaps you could elaborate?
Either way, I've developed an approach and template for determining the category or "territory" you should strive to occupy in the minds of prospects. I call it a competitive mindshare map.
This is helpful. I like the focus on "sub-category" versus "category." Agreed: it takes a lot to invent a category. Thanks for writing this.


I found these 2 PDF's on the internet while searching for more information on my 18 HP B&S motor. The first document is an Illustrated parts list for Briggs & Stratton Model Series 422700 Type numbers 1105 – 4822. The second document will show you how to read the model number / VIN number of your Briggs & Stratton motor so you will know which motor will directly replace your motor. Its easier to find an engine that will fit than it is to find the exact same model engine if you need to change the engine for any reason.


Is solidworks premium telling me that I do not have the simulation power to run this study? This doesn't seem like something that would be out of SW range of power.
Re: cannot solve simulation? Has anyone seen this message?
First please change your solver to 'Intel Direct Sparse' to see if it resolves the issue. Seconds, you may want to try 'Large Problem Direct Sparse'. Hope it helps.


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It's hard to judge which are the most beloved backpacks, but I've based popular on two things mainly, which are reputation and reviews. I've also separated the backpacks in to a few different categories to help you find which are the most popular backpacks with certain basic features.
Popular High Capacity Backpacks
ULA Equipment Catalyst - ULA make many excellent lightweight backpacks that are popular with lightweight backpacking enthusiasts. Their whole product line is excellent, and while the 75 Liter Catalyst is a smaller capacity than many high capacity backpacks, some of which get upwards of 100 Liters, it makes up for it by being an extremely lightweight backpack. If weight is a big concern then this backpack may be the one for you.
Arc'teryx Bora 95 - The Bora 95 is yet another high quality backpack. The Bora is nowhere near as light as the Catalyst, but it's got 25 more Liters of carrying capacity and is well reviewed and popular with the backpacking community.
Osprey Argon 70 - The 70 is the smallest of the Argon line of bags from Osprey, there's also an 85 and a 110 if you're looking for something bigger. The Argon is another of the top backpacks that wont stack up to the Catalyst in terms of weight but is very well reviewed and evidently very popular with backpackers.
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ULA Equipment Circuit - The Circuit is a step down from the Catalyst above. It's got a smaller, more lightweight frame and less carrying capacity, and that works out to an appreciable weight difference between the two. If weight is your chief concern in looking for a backpack then ULA is the brand for you. They make popular backpacks and the Circuit is one of their most popular.
Granite Gear Blaze A.C. 60 - The Blaze A.C. 60 won top honors at the Backpacker Magazine Awards for Editor's Choice of Best Backpack. It's new for 2011 so it hasn't had a chance to gain many reviews or followers yet, but Backpacker Magazine has a good track history with picking quality gear and you can be sure this is going to be a well loved backpack from a well respected backpacking manufacturer.
Osprey Atmos 50 - The Atmos is another award winner, this time for Outside Magazine. The design has been upgraded since it won top honors but they haven't changed any of the things that made it such a good backpack to begin with. It's not as lightweight as the Circuit but with all the positive reviews for this backpack it's hard to find much of a fault.
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ULA Equipment CDT - It's not a coincidence that ULA has a backpack in all three of these categories. Lightweight backpackers know and respect their products, and if you're looking for lightweight ULA is a safe place to turn. The CDT is low on capacity and weight, making it an ideal choice for those looking for a lightweight backpack to really embrace the idea of lightweight backpacking.
Gossamer Gear G4 Ultralight - The G4 is another lightweight backpack that is no doubt well known to lightweight backpacking enthusiasts but not so much to everyone else. The G4 has been through a few design evolutions over the years and has only gotten better with age. The evolution in design has helped it to become a more respected backpack over the years and if you're looking for a lightweight frameless backpack it's worth considering.
GoLite Jam - The Jam is another backpack that's been through a few design tweaks since it first came on to the market. Those design tweaks have added a few ounces to the overall weight of the backpack, but the additions have only served to improve the design and make it a more beloved backpack.
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He's known for being popular with female fans across the globe, so it's unsurprising that eyebrows were raised when Harry Styles was spotted in a fleeting embrace with an older woman, this week.
The platonic hug - caught outside the X Factor studios in LA - was particularly gossip-worthy given that the woman in question is Simon Cowell's ex, Mezhgan Hussainy.
Despite this, One Direction's frontman looked very comfortable with the friendly exchange, which left them both beaming.
Wearing blue skinny jeans and a simple white T-shirt, the chart-topping star looked every inch the rock 'n' roll star as he chatted with the brunette beauty.
He also sported a pair of sunglasses and a bandana emblazoned with sunglasses.
Meanwhile, Mezhgan was much more conservative in her fashion sense. She opted for a simple, biscuit-coloured sweater, tan shoes and black jeans.
Mezhgan, a make-up artist, is currently working on the new series of The X Factor, which explains why she has been spending so much time at the studios.
The embrace was then interrupted when a mutual friend joined them - laughing and joking with the pair while they all put on their sunglasses.
Perhaps this was a reaction to the revelation that 19 year-old Harry survives on just four hours sleep per night, despite his demanding schedule.
Enabling him time to access the gym, he revealed that he likes to work out immediately before sleeping, then rises at 5am to squeeze in a spot of grueling Bikram yoga before heading out on the road with his bandmates.
Or perhaps it was to enable him to keep a lower profile. After all, this isn't the first female he has been seen with recently.
Last week Harry was spotted out with Kendall Jenner. The pair reportedly struck up a close friendship when they met at The X Factor USA studio while One Direction recorded their performance for last week's show.


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DiMaio supported by fellow Warren freeholder
By Max Pizarro • 02/06/09 12:10pm
Warren County Freeholder John DiMaio today won the official backing of fellow Freeholder Rick Gardner, as DiMaio pursues an Assembly seat in the 23rd Legislative District.
"It is with great pride that I support & endorse my fellow Freeholder John DiMaio in his run for the Assembly in the 23rd Legislative District," said Gardner, a Franklin Township farmer. "The conservative roots and values of the citizens in the 23rd District are time-honored traditional values that have made this region one of the best places to live in New Jersey.
"John's role in nearly eliminating the county debt, fighting against the Highlands legislation and vigorously pursuing open space and farmland preservation further serve to prove his conservative credentials and make him best suited to represent the 23rd District in the State Assembly," Gardner added.
DiMaio is competing with Hunterdon County Freeholder Matt Holt and Hunterdon County Freeholder Erik Peterson for two vacancies created by Sen. Marcia Karrow's (R-Raritan Twp.) move up to claim the senate seat vacated by state Sen. Leonard Lance (R-Clinton) and Assemblyman Michael Doherty's (R-Washington Twp.) decision to relinquish his Assembly seat to pursue the upper house seat now occupied by Karrow.
The trio of candidates will make their respective cases before the joint Hunterdon-Warren Republican County Committee on Feb. 21.
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Consumers have moved beyond the basic video streaming experience and are demanding more immersive technologies when it comes to live sporting events, according to new research.
The study, released by Stable Research and commissioned by a world leader in over the top (OTT) streaming technologies, Switch Media, surveyed over 1,000 consumers on their 'behaviour' with streamed content and their expectations for future streaming.
From the results, almost 70 per cent of respondents said they'd be interested in streaming content in either 360-degree view, virtual reality or an augmented reality environment.
Of these technologies, almost half said they would be more likely to use 360-degree, and a third chose virtual reality.
Switch Media CEO Mark Johns, said the findings are a further indication of where the market needs to go in order to keep up with consumer demand.
"There's clearly a shift occurring in the market where consumers want more than the 'one-dimensional' experience of streamed content. This is especially the case when it comes to major sporting events," he said.
"With the emergence of these new technologies, consumers will be able to 'relocate' themselves to blockbuster live sporting events or watch a highly anticipated match from multiple views at the touch of a button and as frequently as they like.
The study comes off the back of a stellar few months of sporting worldwide, with the BBC reporting a record of 31.2 million UK browsers streamed the World Cup group matches alone.
According to the research, the main reasons respondents said they would be attracted to a virtual reality environment was that the experience would be more realistic and that they would feel like they were part or personally involved in the event.
The research would come as good news to those in the market already experimenting with this ground-breaking technology.
Just this year, Optus launched the FIFA Virtual Reality app for the World Cup.
The app allowed fans to access full matches on demand, with extensive access to commentary and the ability to view the game up-close through a VR headset.
Organisations in the NRL, AFL and Cricket space have also begun trialling applications centred on virtual reality and 360-degree experiences.
"This type of exploration really shows how Virtual Reality technologies will be a game-changer for future world-wide sporting events. It's an exciting prospect to think what might be available by the next World Cup," Johns said .


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